story by: Little Firecracker
title: And then there were five. Chapter two.
DISCLAIMER: As much as I wish I owned Brennan Mulwray, I don't Mutant X and it's character's are not mine. Alex and Denny however are.
I would like to start by saying a big thank you to MX, sunshower89, secret, MobiusVarient, and bethany for reviewing, and I'm glad you like it.
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Thank's again guy's. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Alex woke to find herself lying in a small medical chair, squinting her eye's against the bright lights on the ceiling she raised her hand towards her throbbing head, tracing her finger tips along the cut that she had recieved during the fight in the ally, she traced the outline of three butterfly stitches wincing in pain as she did so. Someone had been kind enough to patch her up. Sitting up she began to take in her surroundings soon realising she was inside a lab.
"Well I'm not strapped down, that's always a good sign." she muttered to herself as she slid off the chair.
Looking around the lab she noticed there were two glass pannels, one at the far end of the lab and another a few feet to her left. Deciding that going out the back door might be her best option she began to walk towards it. The sound's of voice's coming from outside the lab stopped her in her tracks. She remained where she was stood and listened carefully. Five people. Three male, two female.
"Let's see what's behind door number two." she muttered as she turned headed towards the door at the front of the lab.
Sticking close to the wall she poked her head around the corner being carefull not to be seen, she watched the group through the glass pannel as a small voice in the back of her mind continued to remind her what curiousity did to the cat. Lucky thing she had canine DNA, she stayed listening carefully to their conversation.
"Well she's definetly a new mutant." Jesse said from where he sat on the step's of the dojo.
"Well, what kind of powers are we talking about here?" Adam asked.
"She's an elemantal. Thermal transfer, at least that's what it looked like at first." Brennan replied.
"What do you mean?" Adam asked.
"She was on the floor, she pulled the dart out and..." Emma began
"Her eye's... they flashed." Shalimar told him.
"What you mean like a feral's would?" Adam asked
"Exactly." Shalimar replied.
"How is it possible, I mean did the experiments at Genomex go that far?" Jesse asked
"Well not while I was there, but who know's what they cooked up after I left." Adam admitted.
Alex continued to listen in, she recognised four of the group from the ally, they had helped her. But just because they had helped her didn't neccesarily make them the good guy's. The group remained silent for a few seconds, she noticed that the brunette had a funny look on her face.
"Emma?" she heard the older man ask.
The brunette didn't reply instead she looked over the man's shoulder and straight at her, by now the other's had seen her stood behind the glass screen aswell.
"Crap." Alex muttered.
Turning around she ran towards the other doorway, looking behind her she saw the two men from the ally running towards her. Before they were half way across the lab the glass screen slid close. Thinking quickly Alex placed the palm of her hand against the screen door within seconds ice began to spread across it freezing it shut. Pulling her hand free she began to run down the long corridor, stopping only for a moment to look over her shoulder for any signs of the others. Seeing none she turned in time to see a large metal gate coming down from the ceiling blocking her way out, she ran towards it but was too late.
Alex placed both her hands on the gate, so that her fingers were rapped around the bars, taking a deep breath as ice began to spead from her hands to the gate, it continued to so for a few second before it started to to seep back into her hands letting go of the gate Alex looked at her hands in disbeliefe.
"What the..." she began to ask when suddenly she heard foot steps coming from behind her.
"It's okay Alex you're amongst friends." Adam said as he approched her.
"Is that what you are 'cause I have friends and they don't try to hold be in strange places against my will." Alex said as she slammed both hands against the gate.
Alex turned to face the man who had spoke to her, stood beside him were the two women from the ally, and the dark haired man.
"I understant you're feeling a little..." Adam began to say but was cut off by Alex.
"You have no idea what I'm feeling right now." Alex said as her eye's turned a feral yellow.
"But I do..." Emma said stepping forward.
"Fear, confusion, distrust... but we're not the bad guy's." Emma told her.
Stepping forward Shalimar allowed her eyes to change too.
"We're not here to hurt you, but we can't let you leave just now, it's not safe. There are people out there who are looking to either put you in stasis or use you as a lab rat."
Shalimar informed her.
Both ferals remained silent for a few second's, each stairing into the others eye's as if some how comunicating with each other.
"Well it's nice to finally meet another feral" Alex said with a small grin as her eye's turned back to their normal colour.
"We'll now that that's out of the way...hey where's Jesse?" Brennan asked noticing that the molecular was missing.
Alex was just about to ask who Jesse was when suddenly he phased through the wall beside her, causing he to jump a few steps back in surprise.
"Present." Jesse said with a lopsided grin.
"Okay I've seen some pretty wierd stuff but that... top's the lot." Alex said.
"Like Adam said... you're amongst friends." Brennan said chuckling at the molecular.
"Wait Adam...Adam Kane?" Alex asked stepping forward.
"Look's like you're famous." Shalimar joked.
" Well now I know you're the good guy's...I've heard a lot about you, it's nice to finally meet you." Alex said extending her hand which adam shook.
"Well now that we're the good guy's I woundered if you'd mind coming back to the lab and answering a few questions?" Adam asked.
"Sure, as long as I have the answer's." Alex said allowing Adam to guide her back towards the lab.
Well that's it for this chapter thanks for reading and let me know what you think. The next one should be up either late tomorrow afternoon if I have time, and if not it'll be saturday at the latest.